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The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor.
Special Dispatch No. 3479—Hamas/Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World
Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad: The Americans and the Jews are Abhorred Worldwide; The Americans are Led by the Jews, 'Outcasts Who Live Off Corruption and Plundering'
Following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on December 14, 2010.
To view this clip on the MEMRI TV website, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2734.htm.
Fathi Hammad: "The Jews have become abhorred and loathed outcasts, because they live off corruption and the plundering of the peoples – not only the Arab and Islamic peoples, but all the peoples of the world. The world has begun to be aware of this corrupting danger, and to applaud Hamas. The entire world says: 'Bravo, Hamas, for confronting these people of corruption.' Whenever we score a goal, by achieving something against the Jews, the world applauds us. When we are playing, the entire world supports us."
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4881.htm.
Special Dispatch No. 3478—Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World/Al-Qaeda
Abu Yahya Al-Libi, of the Al-Qaeda Leadership, Calls to Attack U.S. Forces in the Middle East Over Continued Imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui
Following are excerpts from an interview with Abu Yahya Al-Libi, an Al-Qaeda leader, which aired on the Internet on December 15, 2010.
Abu Yahya Al-Libi: "The prisons of the tyrants from East to West have been filled with pure female Muslim prisoners, who are suffering all sorts of humiliation, at the hand of these criminals, whose hearts have become as hard as stone, or even harder. [...]
"These [Muslim women] fill the prisons of the Jews in Palestine, the monasteries and the new Inquisition courts of the Copts in Egypt, as well as in Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and elsewhere. [...]
"[One example] is the suffering of our imprisoned sister in the prison of the worshippers of the cross. I refer to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, may Allah bring her release." [...]
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4880.htm.
The complimentary full text of this report is made available from the JTTM.
Inquiry and Analysis No. 654 —Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor/Europe and the Arab & Muslim World
Islamist Websites in Europe – A General Review Part 1: Assabyle.com Comes Back Online to Defend Sheikh Bassam Ayachi, Detained in Italy on Suspicion of Terrorism
By: N. Maruani*
The French-language Islamist website Assabyle.com, which had posted inciting and antisemitic content and was shut down for several years, has come back online in order to recruit support for Sheikh Bassam Ayachi, a French citizen of Syrian origin who is detained in Italy on suspicion of ties with Al-Qaeda and involvement in terrorism.
The site was closed down in 2006 after its two administrators – Abdel Rahman Ayachi (26) and French convert to Islam Raphaël Gendron, aka Abdel Raouf (30) – were convicted of racism and Holocaust denial and were each sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined 2,000 Euros. The two were arrested after the site posted an article titled "The End of the People of Israel," which described the Jews as "cunning and base... apes and pigs." At the time, the site was closely affiliated with the Belgian Islamic Center, which carried out Islamist activities in Belgium.
In November 2008, the Italian police arrested Raphaël Gendron and Bassam Ayachi (63), Abdel Rahman Ayachi's father, on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Britain and in France, specifically in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The two were arrested along with five illegal immigrants – three Palestinians and two Syrians – who were riding with them in their vehicle. According to the Italian daily La Repubblica, they had obtained weapons and explosives, and had also set up a network for recruiting suicide bombers for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After their arrest, Assabyle.com came back online (http://www.assabyle.com/fr/page/acceuil.php), and posted a petition for their release. The site is regularly updated by Abdel Rahman Ayachi, who posts under the username "Abounour," and its main aim is to enlist support for the two and raise funds for their defense. It features scans of handwritten letters they sent from prison, as well as a translated transcript of a conversation they held in prison, which was recorded and is being used against them, and which the site describes as innocuous. There is also contact information and bank account information for those who wish to make donations.
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4882.htm.
The complimentary full text of this report is made available from the JTTM.